U.S. Labor Day holiday Ballad3 September 2018 By Abiodun Giwa

Many Caribbean nationals in their costumes on Labor Day in New York City ( Courtesy: www.brooklyndaily.com)

​ Caribbean nationals in New York City, gather for their annual Labor Day celebration in Brooklyn on Monday amid songs, dance and memorable carnival trips to the Crown Height area of Brooklyn.It is the height of the Labor Day holiday in the United States, the one day that workers all over the country have time off to party and unwind. It happens every first Monday of September. To some people, the Labor Day holiday is the beginning of countdown to events that mark the end of the year. According to them, the year'e end activities begin with the Labor Day holiday, the Thanksgiving Day holiday and the Christmas holiday. The Labor Day holiday represents a ballad of sort among workers, who look forward to a day of freedom from labor like Jews do to the birth of Christ. A day to sing and dance and a day to be free from running to the subway to catch the train to work and running back to the subway after eight or sixteen hours of work to return home. Public holiday on a Monday after the weekend makes it three days off from work. A day to connect physically with friends and family. Caribbean nationals in New York City have chosen the Labor Day holiday tagged as 'Annual West Indian Day Parade', a day to showcase their joy for labor and reward of labor, and there is no sign of lack of money to acquire costumes for the day's carnival and partying all night before the carnival day after nine months of work and earning income, when they display their joy without inhibitions. In their calculation, some of them said in discussions with this reporter that it cannot be denied them that after working feverishly for nine months, it is also desirable to choose one day to enjoy the reward of challenging work. Therefore, every Labor Day holiday is marked with a carnival. Manifestly, the Caribbeans who come from various countries in the Caribbean Island showcase not just their love for labor, carnival and good life, the display of their various national flags - exhibiting the love for their countries - is not left out of the demonstration, as they sing and dance with carnival spirit from their neighborhoods to the meeting ground. The flags are hosted by each individual. You know who are Jamaicans, Haitians, Trinidadians Grenadians, St. Lucians etc by the flags hosted. It is the demonstration of love of country and the labor in the U.S. The partying through the night and the carnival that follows have become popular all over the U.S. and the Caribbean Island.​ No wonder people say that the celebration pulls visitors from everywhere into New York City, the Tri-state and beyond the U.S. as the day draws near. Meaning that the party and the carnival attract a large number of people from outside New York City, who mingle with Caribbean residents to felicitate on Labor Day holiday.